Greatness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Greatness \Great"ness\, n. [AS. gre['a]tnes.]
     1. The state, condition, or quality of being great; as,
        greatness of size, greatness of mind, power, etc.
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     2. Pride; haughtiness. [Obs.]


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              It is not of pride or greatness that he cometh not
              aboard your ships.                    --Bacon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  greatness
       n 1: the property possessed by something or someone of
            outstanding importance
       2: unusual largeness in size or extent [syn: {enormousness}, {grandness},
           {immenseness}, {immensity}, {sizeableness}, {vastness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  151 Moby Thesaurus words for "greatness":
     accomplishment, ampleness, amplitude, area, ascendancy, authority,
     bigheartedness, bigness, body, breadth, broadness, brooding, bulk,
     caliber, capaciousness, chivalrousness, chivalry,
     comprehensiveness, consequence, conspicuousness, copiousness,
     coverage, covering, deanship, depth, diameter, dignity, dimension,
     dimensions, distinction, elevation, eminence, errantry, esteem,
     exaltation, excellence, expanse, expansion, expansiveness,
     extension, extensiveness, extent, fame, favor, gauge, generosity,
     generousness, gestation, girth, glory, grandeur, grandiosity,
     grandness, gravidity, gravidness, great heart, greatheartedness,
     greatness of heart, heaviness, height, heroism, high mightiness,
     high-mindedness, honor, idealism, importance, incomparability,
     incubation, influence, influentialness, inimitability,
     knight-errantry, knightliness, largeheartedness, largeness, lead,
     length, liberality, liberalness, loftiness, magnanimity,
     magnanimousness, magnitude, majority, mark, mass, measure,
     measurement, memorability, moment, nobility, noble-mindedness,
     nobleness, notability, note, noteworthiness, one-upmanship,
     openhandedness, outstandingness, precedence, predominance,
     predomination, preeminence, pregnancy, preponderance, prepotence,
     prepotency, prerogative, pressure, prestige, princeliness,
     priority, privilege, profundity, prominence, proportion,
     proportions, radius, range, rank, reach, remarkableness, renown,
     reputation, repute, right-of-way, salience, scale, scope,
     seniority, significance, sitting, size, skill, spaciousness,
     spread, stature, sublimity, success, supereminence, superiority,
     tallness, the family way, transcendence, transcendency, virtuosity,
     volume, weight, weightiness, wideness, width